HSJ 100: Meeting the efficiency challenge

The HSJ 100: Meeting the efficiency challenge, a Round Table to be held on the 21st April 2015 in association with Fortrus Ltd and Hunter Healthcare.

Whichever party - or coalition of parties - is elected in May the NHS will face renewed pressure to make massive efficiency savings.

The Five Year Forward View highlights a £30bn funding gap by 2021 if real terms funding remains flat over the next five years. Efficiency gains will be a key part of reducing that to a level which politicians may consider funding - but those gains will have to be at a rate higher than we have seen recently.

This HSJ roundtable, in association with Fortrus and Hunter Healthcare, will open the following up for discussion:

*what are the areas where the NHS can still squeeze out greater efficiency, given we have realised many of the easy wins over the last five years?

*how can staff be enabled to become more efficient?

*what role will investment in technology play in this and what are the barriers to greater uptake of proven technology?

*are there lessons which can be learnt from high-performing organisations around efficiency and how can these be disseminated?

The event will be recorded and written up for publication in a future edition of HSJ but will appear after the general election. 

For further information please contact:

Leigh Baillie

Chief Marketing Officer

Fortrus Ltd

+44 7894 517828

leigh.baillie@fortrus.com

www,fortrus.com